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Monday, May 27, 2013

Homemade Strawberry Dough Bait For Late Spring Carp

The good thing about a four year old is they love making
strawberry dough bait since it is very much like Playdough. My son and I
happily made strawberry dough bait the night before I went out fishing. The
bait includes strawberry Jello, corn meal, flour, vanilla, sugar, and Wheaties.

I rigged up with some larger Raven floats, Raven #4 octopus
hook, some shot, and Raven 10lb green mono-filament.

The night before I also chummed the area with corn at the
private lake I was going to fish. My hope was that the chum and over night rain
would get the fish on the feed.

I sat there for what seemed like forever before my first
float shot down. I rolled up the slack and with a mighty swing I set the hook
into nothing. A big swing and a miss!!! Another bite and another whiff! Grrrrr
son-of-a….

My nerves are getting the better of me. Now completely off
my game my float goes under yet again. This time I do it right. There it a huge
swirl and the sound of drag. My first fish is at hand.

I manage to catch two more each fish bigger then the next.
There are so many fishermen here in the US. That still look down and refuse to
even try to fish for carp. I grew up fishing carp and I still have an absolute
blast battling these brutes.

So you fishing snobs out there, drop your trout and bass
stuff for a day, make some homemade bait with the kids, get up early and trash
your nerves playing tug of war with

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With over 30 years experience of angling Dan still cannot quench his thirst for tight lined watery battles on our area’s rivers and lakes. A multi-species angler at heart PondBoy cannot hold any one species at the top of his list. Dan has fished for many species including many types of sunfish, crappies, carp, largemouth, smallmouth, channel cats, walleyes, sauger, white bass, yellow bass, perch, northern pike, musky, king salmon, steelhead, brown trout, coho salmon, rainbow trout, pickerel, and flathead catfish.Dan has fished both bass and walleye tournaments, fished Canada several times, and fished Florida. Boat, shore, wading, ice, and fly fishing are all styles he is familiar with. After years of boat and shore fishing, Dan will head to a river for wading if given the opportunity. Artificial baits and flies are two of his biggest strengths. Dan is an expert wader and is a master of presenting live bait with the most efficient techniques, and tackle. He is a expert ice fisherman who is always happy to take new guys out. Showing them how fun it is and that it can extend their fishing adventures all year.

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With over 30 years experience of angling Dan still cannot quench his thirst for tight lined watery battles on our area’s rivers and lakes. A multi-species angler at heart PondBoy cannot hold any one species at the top of his list. Dan has fished for many species including many types of sunfish, crappies, carp, largemouth, smallmouth, channel cats, walleyes, sauger, white bass, yellow bass, perch, northern pike, musky, king salmon, steelhead, brown trout, coho salmon, rainbow trout, pickerel, and flathead catfish.

Dan is a pro-staffer for DuPage Angler.com the owner of DuPage Fishing Guide Service and is now excited to be a pro staffer for Crabby Bass Lures,BLAF,Notch Gear, Beardhead, Pivothead, Mythic Gear and Aurora Lures! Dan's Team won the worldwide fresh water title for Kayak Wars and He has fished both bass and walleye tournaments, fishedCanada several times, and fished Florida. Boat, shore, wading, ice, and fly fishing are all styles he is familiar with. After years of boat and shore fishing, Dan will head to a river for wading if given the opportunity. Artificial baits and flies are two of his biggest strengths. Dan is an expert wader and is a master of presenting live bait with the most efficient techniques, and tackle. He is a expert ice fisherman who is always happy to take new guys out. Showing them how fun it is and that it can extend their angling adventures all year.